If I read this right the post is about fixing all things...not necessarily just our old tractors. I'm afraid I see a great gap in the future. My son, a new chemical engineer, will never be the mechanic I am but he can do his own brakes, understands spark, compression, timing. But that's all. He's touched a welder and a torch, knows R from L, CW from CCW and fractions. My daughters know what gasoline is, natural gas, electricity, a breaker, a pilot light, that hot water isn't magically made in the faucet. All these things taught by me and my wife. Not by force but by need and life. But today's family structure does not include necessity of repair. Some because of wealth some from sloth and laziness. A young wealthy man at my former job bought his first house. He had to hire someone from our work to paint the rooms because he didn't know how. He hired the bosses handyman friend to put together some furniture he bought because he can't work a screwdriver. And his children will know even less. Right now any mechanical person worth a spit can get ALL the work he wants, in any trade, at least in my area. At a local machine shop, if one of the machinists brings in a skilled machinist new hire the employee gets $1500 and the new hire gets$4000. No, I'm afraid I see a great talent deficit in the future.
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Today's Featured Article - 12-Volt Conversions for 4-Cylinder Ford 2000 & 4000 Tractors - by Tommy Duvall. After two summers of having to park my old 1964 model 4000 gas 4 cyl. on a hill just in case the 6 volt system, for whatever reason, would not crank her, I decided to try the 12 volt conversion. After some research of convert or not, I decided to go ahead, the main reason being that this tractor was a working tractor, not a show tractor (yet). I did keep everything I replaced for the day I do want to restore her to showroom condition.
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